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Michelle Obama Is Not Coming To Save Us
Plezi isn’t great. And the backlash is maybe even worse?
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Am I Failing if My Kid Eats In Front of the TV?
Plus: We're at the crossroads of science and social justice, but keep making the wrong turn.
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April 2023
Welcome To The Indulgence Gospel
There are over 30,000 of you now!
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Underwear Science
Has anyone who designs underwear ever looked at a fat person?
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Corinne Fay
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March 2023
Why I Retired From Packing Lunch
Notes from a work in progress.
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Are Capsule Wardrobes Just for Thin People?
The neon-swimsuit-shaped hole in my heart. (Plus 10 things I wear a lot.)
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Can Mainstream Media Stop with the Lady Mag Pieces About Ozempic.
At the very least, let’s stop pretending that this kind of coverage is Serious Journalism.
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February 2023
Mass Moves Mass
A Very Special Corinne Takeover Edition
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Corinne Fay
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Control Is Not Love
We control what we can control, except we can't control shit.
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January 2023
The Human Cost of Anti-Fat Bias
Diving deeper into new American Academy of Pediatric guidelines on treating ob*sity.
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Packing While Small Fat
What I brought to Thailand, plus thoughts on travel with kids
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December 2022
The Burnt Toast Annual Report: 2022
A big thank you, and a look at how the toast gets burnt.
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